Improvement in iron fences



T. ROBE-RS.

-Fences.

Iron

P atented Dec. 23,1873.

Natl 15,902.

Inventor.

Witnesses flttorneys Ail. PHUIU-MHOGRAFH/fl an Al. X lasso/m5: muss)UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY ROGERS, OF KENTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM L. WALKER ANDBENJAMIN G. DEVOE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRON FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,902, dated December23, 1873; application filed October 3, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY ROGERS, of Kenton, in the county of Hardinand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Clamp for Fence- Posts; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of an adjustableclamp for fenceposts, as will be hereinafter set forth.

The figure in the accompanying drawing represents my clamp and afence-post in perspective.

Letter H represents a fence-post of any ordinary shape. B B representtwo sections of horizontal rails made T-shaped. The pickets forming thefence are secured to these T-rails by any suitable devices or means. Theclamps which connect the fence-posts to the horizontal rails areconstructed substantially as follows Gr G represent two metallic plates,which are made of a form to extend each side of the fence-post, and tolie upon the upper side and under the under side, respectively, of ahorizontal fencerail. These clamps are secured to the two adjacent endsof the horizontal rails by means of bolts m. The slots in these plates,through which the bolts m pass, are made elongated, so that theexpansion and contraction of the metal will be provided for. Upon eachside of the post H, and secured to the plates G by bolts f, are twooutward-extending bolts, I I. A plate, J, with orifices, is placed uponthe front ends of these two bolts, and there held by nuts h h, so as toclamp the plate against the fence-post.

The clamps thus formed are adjusted up and down on the fence-posts byunscrewing the nuts h h.

' What I claim is- The combination, with a fence-post, of the plates GG, bolts m m, bolts I I, plate J, and nuts h h, with horizontal rails ofa fence, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this22d day of September, 187 3.

TIMOTHY ROGERS.

Witnesses:

J. M. MASON, CHARLES BRUMM.

